MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) is investigating a crash that killed two people and injured two more and involved six vehicles including a big rig on State Highway 181, north of State Highway 140, between Manila and Osceola.
The crash occurred on Friday at approximately 3:30 p.m. Police say the chain reaction crash was “due to zero-visibility conditions caused by smoke from a field burning east of the highway.”
Authorities say traffic on Highway 181 had slowed in the area because of the smoke when a 2018 GMC Terrain, driven by Mackenzie Marie Risner, 21, of Manila, Ark. struck the rear of a 2012 Kenworth semi truck. The collision caused the GMC to roll into a roadside ditch. A second vehicle, driven by Jan Sebastian Rabie, 32, of Brookland, collided with the rear of the same truck, contributing to a chain reaction involving multiple vehicles.
Rabie was pronounced dead at the scene, and Risner succumbed to her injuries after being transported to a local hospital. Two others were injured.
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